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Gastronomic festival "Balade en France 2024" to be held in April

The fourth edition of the French culinary festival - Balade en France 2024 - will take place in Hanoi from April 5-7, the French Embassy in Vietnam announced at a press conference on March 27.
Gastronomic festival "Balade en France 2024" to be held in April ảnh 1French Ambassador to Vietnam Olivier Brochet speaks at the press conference to announce the culinary festival. (Photo: The Embassy of France in Vietnam)

Hanoi (VNA) –The fourth edition of the French culinary festival - Balade en France 2024 -will take place in Hanoi from April 5-7, the French Embassy in Vietnamannounced at a press conference on March 27.

The festival, co-organisedby the embassy and the Hanoi People’s Committee, is the biggest of its kind so farwith more than 70 booths.

For the first time, thefood festival will be held on an area of up to 12,000 sq.m inHanoi's Thong Nhat Park in Hai Ba Trung district.

Festival goers will haveopportunities to try French typical foods and agricultural products and witnesschefs’ performances.

French Ambassador toVietnam Olivier Brochet affirmed that the event will honour French cuisine inall aspects. It will also highlight the cultural cooperation betweenFrance and Vietnam.

Within the event’sframework, a 300 sq.m area will be reserved for sport activities to promote theParis 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Celebrities such as Thang LongWarriors basketball team and Celline Nha Nguyen (Nguyen Thi Thanh Nha) - thefirst Vietnamese woman to conquer Mount Everest - will take part in the event.

In addition, a streetdance festival “Balade en France - All in One 2024” will be held as part of theevent with the participation of Francophone schools in Hanoi./.

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